People, in my world, there is no better accompaniment to (leftover) mashed potatoes and peas than meatloaf—well, except for the beef tenderloins my husband made to accompany these sides for our Christmas dinner. Since tenderloin is expensive, I didn’t want to purchase another round and so out came the Better Homes and Garden Junior Cookbook.

The thing that I love about these “junior” cookbooks is how basic they are; the thing I oftentimes hate about these “junior” cookbooks is how basic they are; not much of anything spicy goes into these meals but in this case, that was just fine by me. These are really easy to make (4 steps and you are done!) and very bite size—just right for the “junior” palate!

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About Me

Welcome to Collectible Cooking! My name is Ann Verme and I’ve been interested in cooking and food my whole life.
My love of food started early: my favorite toys were my Easy Bake Oven and my Betty Crocker Junior Baking Kit.
My first “collectible” cookbook was The Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (copyright 1976), given to me by my mom during college, and after that, it was all over but the crying. I make frequent “buying” trips to some of my favorite cookbook stores in New York (links are posted on the blog) and try to collect wherever I go. I also authored a family cookbook and was co-project manager of the 1999-2000 Minneapolis-St. Paul Zagat Survey.
I currently have over 1000 cookbooks in my collection and it is my goal to cook my way through them, one recipe one book at a time!